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Deutsche Telecom Prepares for Two-Tier Internet

Saul Hansell writes on The NYT "Bits" Blog:

In the discussion about net neutrality, the phone and cable companies in the United States never said they would charge some companies more money for better access to their networks. They just said they don’t want rules to prevent them from doing so.

Dave Burstein, the editor of DSL Prime, a telecom newsletter, just came back from Europe where he found that Deutsche Telecom is preparing to charge a fee to companies that want to deliver video to its Internet service customers. In a speech at the Broadband World Forum Europe, Wolfgang Schmitz, a senior executive vice president of Deutsche Telecom, said the phone company’s DSL network, which is rated for speeds much faster than most networks in the United States, can’t handle the demands of Internet video.

posted by Fergie @ 10/24/2007 06:17:00 PM